This is not normal is it? Its in a laptop, should be dust free, model is intel T7700 @ 2.44Ghz everything is stock. Was messing around with Speccy from piriform, and noticed that my CPU temp was 91 degree celcius. got a little worried and downloaded Realtemp (supposedly more accurate) and it also said 90. Im currently running Defraggler, installing like 100 windows updates and downloading a video while surfing the net. But this temp seems.... really high... lol.
It is high. Make sure laptop vents are uncovered. Aka laptop is on desk rather then bed or lap. My sister learned the hardway after I told her many times. Rest in peace Sony vaio carbon fibre body nom nom and thank god for insurance
90 Degree is really high even under heavy load. > Either the laptop was miss engineered (common in the name of a low price) > Thermal pad has dried too much and should be replaced with some high quality thermal paste > Fan/heatsink dirty, requires a good clean with a can of compressed air. > Fan sensor malfunctions. Your laptop should be loud, if not, then probably the fan is not spinning faster. Under load it should be between 75-85C depending on the generation and model of your Core 2 Duo. At idle, your CPU should be AT MOST 50C. Overheating protection failure (or disabled on purpose) for the win! NORMALLY, the system simply throttles down to avoid any damage when it overheats. In any case, it should have been covered under the warranty. Fun Facts: > Laptops are not desktops, they are not designed for long periods of heavy usage, unless it's a laptop specifically designed for it: Alienware, of Dell Precision line for example. They will throttle (assuming it's a descent laptop) > If you are guy, don't put the laptop (even if it's idle) on your lap if you want kids. It's for a reason why they are outside your body. > A laptop should laps easy 4 years... if not... switch brands or stop getting low end models. > Retail store models are usually low end systems.
Louist, I'd suggest you investigate all the vents for blockage & make sure the fans are running. If you've the confidence to do it, I'd recommend taking the case off & giving those parts a clean, maybe replace the manufacturer tim with some more efficient stuff - I did that with my HP NX6125 and it made a massive difference.
thus making it a desktop rather than a laptop but i agree, check for anything that might block air intake. is it a big screen? my friends laptop had a 17.3" screen, the fans ran conitnously and it struggeled to keep temperatures down. it had to be sat on a laptop cooler, otherwise it would overheat after about 30 minutes under load.
Yea its sitting on a desk, ive even slightly elevated it to allow it to get a little extra airflow under the bottom of the chassis where the fan intakes a little cool air. Checked the temperatures again, all im doing is using facebook and its at around 65 - 70.. might take it apart and apply some thermal paste. Cant believe I even bought this piece of junk Was reccomended as a good gaming laptop... this was when I had no clue about PC's... I think it is very poorly designed... I remember after the first 3 months of use it broke down, apparently I melted the graphics card lol. After that for the rest of the warranty (9 months) it was in and out of repair. £1000 wasted pretty much. When I apply some new thermal paste ill let you guys know what happens, might take a few days thought as ill need to order some. Thanks for all your replies EDIT: Oh yea its a 17 inch (its massive lool, been using a 14 inch laptop or something for the past 2 years while this has been broken and when I got it back I was intimidated by the size of it haha) I had a laptop cooler but that seemed to make it overheat and turn off. I don't understand how but when NOT using the cooler it seems be cooler
What laptop is it? I've got a Sony ar51E and it's fine, decent chipset & nowhere near those temps, however after warranty failure number 3 I'd be adamant on a replacement Or some form of recompense.
Its a Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Xi 2528. The Last time it went into repairs they kept it in some factory in Germany for 6 months, the warranty then ran out and all of a sudden we heard from them saying something along the lines of "Your product is no longer under warranty but you can pay £250 for a repair! it will be done in around 2 weeks" Its been about... 1 or 2 years since the warranty expired. (genuinely cant remember.. since I've barely used it)
WOW... Every time I hear story like this, I start to appreciate more and more Dell next buissness day on-site warranty service. Or heck.. even without it... the worst time you get with Dell (ie: the time where a part is out of order), is 2 weeks... but usually it's 1 week. And the warranty point of acceptance is moment you call. So if you have the last day before the warranty finishes, and the tech support say that you can send for return, it's accepted. Shipping paid by Dell, both directions. Same for Lenovo by the way (from experience from my work place).
louist, I do hope you never paid that £250. If it was in their possession when it ran out, the time they need to be evaluating as valid for warranty is when it failed, not when it was fixed. 6 months...I'd have gone via trading standards to court over that. If you still have the correspondence and evidence, I strongly recommend that you do in any event, that is beyond appalling service even if you were the cause of the failure in the first place.
The reason we didnt go Dell (was going to get an XPS before this thing) was because we all assumed "Oh, these guys are all online, no face to face contact, it will be hard to deal with them." After hearing stories from family of how they got a replacement laptop within the week I regret not going to them. We had to go down to the shop to collect it from them, when they said that my dad went nuts at the guy and we left lol.. He took it back to malaysia and they fixed it for about £20. (I was told by one guy who works at PC world that it would be cheaper to buy a brand new laptop than attempt to repair this one but I think he was just trying to sell me stuff) My parents did talk about that, but in the end they decided it was too much hassle and too stressfull, I was only about 16 at the time so I didn't really understand what was going on, just that playing too much COD 4 instead of studying was a bad idea.
Laptops (at least the vast majority) suck hard. Crap build quality, poor design and lowest denominator components are the norm in my experience. We've had two die in the last six weeks, while the Dell desktop from Jan 2003 is still going strong (even running Windows 7). I've devised my own three rules of buying a laptop: 1) Don't buy a laptop. Get a desktop or tablet instead. 2) If you do need a laptop, don't spend too much on it. It will break anyway, so might as well cut your losses. 3) If you need to spend a lot on it, make sure you get the royal treatment for warranty. Ideally you'd have a manservant from the maker on standby in case it breaks. Can you tell that I don't like laptops? Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
No, that is not it. You can find serious laptops that looks sleek in design, quiet operation, great features, non-glossy display, excellent durability, and cool operation (cooling system well engineered). The problem is that IT COST MONEY. I am not complaining.. My laptop was 2 000$ 2 years ago (with complete 3year next business day onsite service, and 3 year warranty) which I negotiated over the phone with Dell down to ~1600$. It came complete with a low-med Nvidia GPU, Core 2 Duo P8400 2.2GHz CPU, and 4GB of RAM. People are not willing to spend even 1000$, and they want a gaming pro laptop... well what do you get? ****... complete ****. People told me I got rip-off. Oh really? I have a tech that comes over and repair my system any time I want (almost). In addition, my laptop looks NEW after 2 years of intensive usage. I even overclock my GPU like crazy on it to be able to play games at medium-low settings, and the laptop has 0 problem handling the extra heat. Plus, I have, what most laptop still don't have today: > eSATA > Display port > Quiet 0 flex keyboard > Quiet touchpad buttons > Display Port > 1440x900 display (ok it's not the best... but considering that most laptop with a 14inch screen are having a much lower resolution, especially 2 years ago, it's pretty good) > 1 screw, slide out panel FULL access to the system (you can even pull out the motherboard with great ease). > Metal lid and base > 10 hours and a half battery life (9-cell battery)... need more.. get the slice secondary battery for over 21 hours of battery life total. > I have wireless reception at my University where most people don't. > non-glossy screen > ambient light sensor > light spill proof keyboard design > TPM chip > loud speakers > warranty service during business hours is local (same country) > System comes ultra clean. OS disk, and Driver disk provided - 0 images. > overheating protection not disabled That is what I call a system. Is it one of a kind? Absolutely not. Dell Precision, Dell Latitude, Lenovo T/Edge/X/SL/L/W series are all about. Sure, they are "business" machines... because Mr. Everyone wants to to pay the lowest price possible no mater what. But nothing stops you from getting it.